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CWKahrFan · November 15, 2010, 02:18 PM

I hear you Ruark... This a very interesting thread. Clearly, police trainers have a certain job to do, and a big bandwagon has been jumped onto regarding this subject since a long way back. But lately I've been reading QUITE A LOT of news reports of "well-trained" LEOs following what they were taught... and killing mentally-challenged people with knives and so forth. It bothers me and I'm sure it bothers them too. I've read Ayoob and others on the subject and I also hear you, Ruark, and must say that I consider myself smart enough and in control enough and marksman-like enough and quick-thinking enough to take a LOT of factors into consideration in that prescient shot-taking moment to make up my OWN mind where my first shot/shots should go BEYOND thinking ONLY simply, robotically CENTER OF MASS.

November 15, 2010, 02:18 PM	#14
CWKahrFan Senior Member Join Date: November 3, 2010 Posts: 2,016	I hear you Ruark... This a very interesting thread. Clearly, police trainers have a certain job to do, and a big bandwagon has been jumped onto regarding this subject since a long way back. But lately I've been reading QUITE A LOT of news reports of "well-trained" LEOs following what they were taught... and killing mentally-challenged people with knives and so forth. It bothers me and I'm sure it bothers them too. I've read Ayoob and others on the subject and I also hear you, Ruark, and must say that I consider myself smart enough and in control enough and marksman-like enough and quick-thinking enough to take a LOT of factors into consideration in that prescient shot-taking moment to make up my OWN mind where my first shot/shots should go BEYOND thinking ONLY simply, robotically CENTER OF MASS. __________________ What did Mrs. Bullet say to Mr. Bullet? ... "We're having a BeeBee!"... IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT!... IF THE GUN FITS, SHOOT IT! "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."